ALGIERS – Wednesday, 23 August 2023 (APS) – The President of the Republic has tasked the Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf to conduct working visits to Nigeria, Benin and Ghana from Wednesday, said the Ministry in a communiqué.
“The President of the Republic has tasked the Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf to conduct working visits from Wednesday to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Republic of Benin and the Republic of Ghana to hold consultations on his counterparts from these countries, members of the Economic Committee of the West African States (ECOWAS),” said the source.
The consultations focus on “the crisis in Niger and the ways to address it through a political solution that spare the country and the region any impact of a possible escalation,” said the source.